Six freedom fighters were martyred by occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) during two separate clashes, police said on Thursday, rounding off another year of oppression by the Modi regime in the disputed territory. According to a police statement, an Indian soldier was also killed while …
Read More »In IIOJK, few now dare to speak out | The Express Tribune
Public protests in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) were once an almost weekly occurrence but two years after New Delhi imposed direct rule on the region, locals say arbitrary arrests and intimidation by security forces wielding batons and snatching phones have left many too scared to voice dissent. A …
Read More »India talk deadlock can’t be linked to ‘Kashmir dispute’ | The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: A top Foreign Office official on Wednesday dismissed the impression that making the Kashmir dispute conditional for resumption of talks with India would lead to a deadlock, as the human rights crisis worsened in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan will take every possible step to save the lives of …
Read More »‘No longer backdoor contacts with India’ | The Express Tribune
KARACHI: There are no longer backdoor contacts with India to resume the long-stalled talks between the two nuclear neighbours, the national security adviser said. The contacts, according to Dr Moeed Yusuf, have been abandoned because New Delhi failed to take any confidence-building measures, mainly the reversal of its August 2019 …
Read More »Indian forces martyr five Kashmiri freedom fighters in IIOJK | The Express Tribune
SRINAGAR: Five freedom fighters were martyred and a soldier of the Indian army was killed on Friday in the latest series of clashes in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) that have left 17 dead in two weeks, police said. The six died in a gunfight in the Rajpora …
Read More »‘75 Kashmiris killed in IIOJK since January this year’ | The Express Tribune
Some 139 people, including 18 civilians, have been killed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) since January this year, according to a human rights report. According to a bi-annual human rights report released on Wednesday by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Indian forces conducted 202 cordons and search …
Read More »‘Committed to restoring statehood’, Modi tells IIOJK leaders | The Express Tribune
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a three-hour meeting with top political leaders from Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Thursday, has “committed” to restore the occupied valley’s statehood. On August 5, 2019, the Modi’s government had revoked articles in the Indian constitution that guaranteed IIOJK’s partial autonomy …
Read More »Fearing more changes by India in IIOJK, Pakistan approaches UNSC | The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has approached the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), expressing grave concern on reports that suggest India may be contemplating the imposition of further “illegal and unilateral measures” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). A letter addressed to the president of UNSC, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi …
Read More »UN experts concerned over rights abuses in IIOJK | The Express Tribune
SRINAGAR: Allegations of arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances are part of what appears to be an ongoing pattern of serious violations of human rights by Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) region, according to UN experts. This concern was raised by five UN special …
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